Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Lightning eMotors has reached an agreement with General Motors to be the first GM Specialty Vehicle Manufacturer (SVM) to provide fully electric Class 3 through Class 6 commercial vehicles. Lightning eMotors will electrify certain GM platforms at its manufacturing campus in Loveland, Colorado.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2016

General Motors and the US Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) will reveal a Chevrolet Colorado-based fuel cell electric vehicle in October at the fall meeting of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) in Washington, D.C. —TARDEC Director Paul Rogers.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

A version of the all-new Colorado midsize pickup will be built and sold in the United States, Chevrolet confirmed today. Thailand is the world’s largest market for midsize pickup trucks, according to GM. The current-generation Colorado will be produced in Shreveport, La., Earlier post.) through the 2012 model year.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 5, 2023

Lightning eMotors has begun production of its next-generation Type A electric school bus that is built on the GM 4500 platform. In the 130,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Loveland, Colorado, the first orders for nearly 70 next-generation Type A electric school buses have started to move across the production floor.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Engineering Center (TARDEC) are modifying a Chevrolet Colorado midsize pickup truck to run on a commercial hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system and will expose the truck to the extremes of daily military use for 12 months. —Charlie Freese, executive director of GM’s Global Fuel Cell Engineering activities.

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InsideEVs

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Colorado-based company will electrify GM trucks for applications such as school buses, shuttle buses and delivery trucks.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2015

Chevrolet has introduced the diesel version ( earlier post ) of its 2016 Colorado midsize pickup truck. Colorado is the 2015 Motor Trend Truck of the Year and Cars.com’s Best Pickup Truck of 2015.) The new Colorado diesel goes on sales this fall, offered in LT and Z71 Crew Cab models, with 2WD or 4WD. l/100 km) highway with 2.5L

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Baua Electric

MAY 31, 2023

Chevrolet goes larger with the 2024 Colorado ZR2 Bison. On Wednesday, the 2024 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison debuted boasting larger tires, higher breakover and resignation angles, and extra garden clearance. 2024 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison Colorado ZR2 Bison angles and postponed Past the ZR2 Bison’s 38.2-degree

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2016

For 2017, the Chevrolet Colorado mid-size pickup offers an all-new V-6 engine and class-exclusive eight-speed automatic. It is the latest major update for Colorado, which entered the market in model year 2015. Chevrolet is on track to sell more than 160,000 Colorados in the first 24 months on the market, reigniting the midsize segment.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 22, 2024

Today's Junkyard Find is a first-generation B-van, found in a Colorado boneyard. Ford and GM stuck with their B-Series competitors for similar spans. 1977 Dodge Tradesman 200 in Colorado junkyard. 1977 Dodge Tradesman 200 in Colorado junkyard. 1977 Dodge Tradesman 200 in Colorado junkyard.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

The 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon ( earlier post ) will offer segment-leading highway fuel efficiency for four-cylinder mid-size pickup trucks, according to EPA fuel economy estimates. No competitor in the segment offers more payload capacity than the Colorado or Canyon, GM noted. Colorado and Canyon fuel economy.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 9, 2024

GM said it has made significant software updates addressing concerns from early owners including customizable multi-color ambient lighting, revised Driver Information Center graphics with battery percentage display and more. GM said it would cut the price of the Blazer by about USD 5,600 to USD 6,500 based on the trim level.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2012

Colorado residents who purchase or lease a new Chevrolet Volt are eligible for a state tax credit of up to $6,000 in addition to a federal tax credit of up to $7,500 for a total price reduction of as much as $13,500. Roughly two-thirds of those miles were powered by grid electricity, GM says.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2011

Chevrolet revealed the Colorado Show Truck in advance of the Bangkok International Auto Show, where it is making its global public debut. The concept previews the next-generation Colorado midsize pickup truck; the Colorado goes on sale in Thailand later this year. Colorado show truck. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2021

Lightning eMotors, based in Loveland, Colorado, designs and manufactures zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, including delivery trucks, shuttle buses, passenger vans, chassis-cab models, city transit buses, and motor coaches.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here. If we look at the fine print, GM actually introduced a sort-of-a-hybrid vehicle as a 2004 model , though the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid/GMC Sierra Hybrid didn't have regenerative braking.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2023

The fully functional GMC HUMMER EV EarthCruiser upfit is making its public debut at Overland Expo Mountain West in Loveland, Colorado. The EarthCruiser upfit is not covered by the GM New Vehicle Limited Warranty and GM is not responsible for independent-supplier alterations.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 5, 2017

Currently undergoing testing at Fort Carson in Colorado, the Chevrolet Colorado ZH2 hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle illustrates the unlikely intersection between eco-friendly powertrains and the demanding needs of a vehicle that may be deployed to a war zone. The Colorado ZH2 is a collaboration.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2017

General Motors is expanding its portfolio of B20-capable vehicles to include cars and crossovers, and will field the industry’s most expansive lineup of diesel-powered vehicles in 2017, John Schwegman, director of commercial product and medium duty for GM Fleet, announced at the National Biodiesel Conference. GM Fleet ’s Biodiesel Options.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

To mark the 10 th anniversary of the foundation of GM Powertrain Europe Turin, GM President Dan Ammann visited the engineering site and announced plans to strengthen the collaboration with the Politecnico di Torino, further expanding the engineering development center. liter diesel engine starting from the second half of 2015.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Lyft is renting electric cars to its drivers in Colorado. California bans GM and others who want to limit its clean-air authority. Hyundai has confidence in truck platooning. Hybrid versions of Ford’s biggest SUVs are on the way. And another Presidential candidate looks at transportation and clean energy.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Here's one of those first-generation Fairlanes, found in a self-service boneyard just south of Denver, Colorado. There's a lot of great vintage stuff at Colorado Auto & Parts right now. 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 sedan in Colorado junkyard. 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 sedan in Colorado junkyard.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2018

Additional sponsors joining the DOE and GM include: MathWorks; National Science Foundation; California Air Resources Board; NXP; AVL Powertrain Engineering; The Bosch Group; ETAS; PACCAR; dSPACE, Inc.; West Virginia University and University of Alabama teams finished second and third place, respectively. Horiba; DENSO; Champlain Cable Corp.;

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2012

GM invested $425 million in the plant to add capacity for the new engines. engines found in the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickups and the Ecotec 2.4L (4-cyl.) The General Motors Tonawanda Engine plant has begun production of the technology that will go into the next-generation Ecotec 4-cylinder engines (2.5L Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2015

GM Flint Engine Operations recently built its 1 millionth 1.4-liter Following a similar path as their assembly plant colleagues, Flint Engine employees—both hourly and salaried—formed a launch team that would spend months working with GM engineers and employees in Michigan, Mexico and Japan. Once production of the 1.4-liter

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

GM has labored to seek out inventive techniques round logistics stumbling blocks, from purchasing its personal fleet of vans and excess capability via third-party carriers to uploading the South Korea-made Chevrolet Trax on container vessels in lieu than conventional automobile shipment ships, Bell stated. Fortress Wayne, Ind.;

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2010

GM has provided funding to the Indiana automaker, the first funding action by the newly formed General Motors Ventures LLC ( earlier post ). Funding through GM Ventures will allow Bright to begin ramping up the development of the production program for the IDEA in the third quarter of 2010. Jon Lauckner, president of GM Ventures.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2010

The Volt will have brake override enabled at launch, according to a GM spokesperson. GM has had for the past several years a braking performance standard that applies to all cars, trucks and crossovers, requiring that the brakes can stop the vehicle within a specific distance. Brake override is an additional safeguard.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The plant, which currently has about 840 employees on two shifts, produces a variety of V6 and V8 engines that power GM full-size vans, SUVs and pickups, including the Chevrolet Express, Silverado, Tahoe, Suburban and Colorado, GMC Savana, Sierra, Yukon, Canyon, and Cadillac Escalade.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

While the Frontier offers great flexibility and two body styles, its ride quality and interior refinement aren’t on par with the latest offerings from GM, Toyota, and Ford. & [Image: Nissan] Become a TTAC insider.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2011

When the new Chevrolet Colorado midsize pickup rolls out in the Asia-Pacific region this fall, it will introduce a new global family of Duramax turbo-diesel engines, available in 2.8L The Colorado made its global debut in Thailand today.). displacements. use the same cylinder block and cylinder head and share many other components.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 18, 2023

Ford has finally Raptor-ized the Ranger, we know Toyota has tricks up its sleeve for the next-gen Tacoma, and General Motors has numerous dirt-road variants of its Colorado/Canyon cousins. Alert readers will recall the last-gen Colorado had a burly Bison package to layer on top of the ZR2 trim. The latest? First, a primer.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

GM expects to source US$94 million worth of Thai-built components for the production of engines at its Rayong facility by 2012. The new powertrain facility takes GM’s investment in Thailand to US$1.3 billion since 1998.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

In a routine report on August sales of new cars and trucks last Wednesday, The Detroit News had this nugget about the upcoming 2015 Chevrolet Colorado mid-size pickup truck: "GM said dealers have ordered nearly 28,000 midsize Colorado pickups—about seven times what GM.'

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Applications include powering the Colorado pickup truck and Trailblazer SUV for the Thailand and Southeast Asian markets. —Nicola Menarini, Global Chief Engineer, GM Powertrain. New software and hardware was developed by the GM engineering team for quicker response, improved accuracy and precision of overall engine control.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 14, 2023

GM dropped diesels from the GMC Canyon and Chevy Colorado lines for 2023, leaving a turbo-four as the only choice. Though they’re better on fuel economy and offer more substantial torque, diesels aren’t the cleanest propulsion method around. Jeep has shown its Recon EV concept, which is expected to go on sale by 2025.

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Baua Electric

JULY 22, 2023

Bolt EUV/EV: Chevrolet will finish manufacturing of the Bolt EUV and EV, constructed on GM’s earlier battery structure, on the finish of the month. GM in June dedicated to making an investment greater than $1.8 Colorado/Canyon: The Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickups had been redesigned for the 2023 fashion month.

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